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Two judoka demonstrate harai-goshi on a mat

Harai-goshi

Harai-goshi is a Kodokan koshi-waza that loads the opponent on the rear hip and sweeps with the same-side leg.

Jigoro Kano and Yoshitsugu Yamashita demonstrate uki-goshi

Gokyō no Waza

Gokyō no Waza is the Kodokan’s five-group teaching syllabus of 40 throws, revised in 1920 and distinct from the complete modern technique list.

Exterior of Eishoji Temple in Higashi-Ueno, Tokyo

Eishoji Temple

Eishoji is a Jodo Buddhist temple in Higashi-Ueno, Tokyo, remembered as the site where Jigoro Kano opened the first Kodokan dojo in 1882.

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Saigō Shirō

Saigō Shirō (1866–1922) was an early Kodokan judoka associated with Yama Arashi whose documented career became intertwined with the fictional hero Sanshirō Sugata.